A SENSE OF SUBLIME

[vijay nikore]

 

 A  SENSE  OF  SUBLIME

 

 

 

Oum Shivoham Shivoham

Anandoham Anandoham

May I see That Divine

May I see The Sublime

In you first

Before I even sense

A sign that I am tense

For I took some offense.

May I hear The Divine

Know that you are fine

It is not for me to opine

No matter how harsh

No matter how unkind

Some words I find.

 

For, what shall a man gain

Seeing the "other" in another

Or, after countless births

Seeing an enemy in brother

Sorting the little me and mine

In that old darkening mirror.

 

Oum Shivoham Shivoham

Anandoham Anandoham

 

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                                        -- Vijay Nikore

                                            October 7,2013

 

(original and unpublished)

[Vindu Babu]

Respected sir...
Very nice expression!
Tone of the verse is natural and spontaneous,so poem is very attractive.
I think feeling of शिवोऽहं and आनन्दोऽहं is the peak of sprituality,reahing to this point worldly pleasures become zero, but...most difficult to feel it.
Thank You sir for presenting such high thoughts through this verse.
Regards!
-Vandana

[vijay nikore]

Respected Vandana ji:

It is so kind of you to bestow so much respect ... thereby

giving me encouragement to keep working on the path...

 

Yes, the feeling of शिवोऽहं and आनन्दोऽहं is the peak of spirituality,

and this peak is difficult to reach, and yet this goal can be enticing

and alluring for some of us, constantly pulling us. The beauty of it

is that every effort towards it gives happiness and a unique feeling

of peace.

 

The journey begins with utter humility and continues with humility,

for humility helps in guarding us against our ego which is a major

impediment in our progress. 

 

Regards,

Vijay